Traffic

Question 1

Large commercial fishing fleet

Answer 1

To/from fisherman’s terminal and salmon bay

Question 2

Sightseeing vessels

Answer 2

Argosy cruises throughout lake Washington, lake Union, the ship canal and to/from locks

Question 3

Research Vessels

Answer 3

Home ports for UW at Portage Bay and NOAA at Sand Pt. In Lake Washington

Question 4

Tug and tows

Answer 4

To/from the lakes including occasional gravel barge to Kenmore pre-mix concrete and north end of lake Washington

Question 5

Tug with log tows

Answer 5

To/from log storage sites near fisherman’s terminal, Union bay, and lake Washington

Question 6

Pleasure craft

Answer 6

To/from transiting all areas in lake Washington and Shilshole. They can be heavily concentrated on nice days

Question 7

Testing area

Answer 7

Lake Union - four private buoys in the north part of lake Union mark an unrestricted speed zone, used by boat builders around the lake as a testing area. The buoys are frequently repositioned.